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Arts and Crafts for the End of the Year

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Are arts and crafts on your list of things to do with your students?  One of my favorite arts and crafts project that incorporates literacy skills is making a memory book.  Each year I purchase a blank book for every student.  I encourage kids to write about their favorite classroom memories over the past school year.  This is a wonderful activity for all ages and ability levels.  Students can just draw pictures or write complete pages about their favorite highlights from the year.  Students as well as their parents and their families will cherish a memory book from school for years to come.  There is also something special about authentic student work.  There are many different ways students can make a memory book, but when students can use arts and crafts supplies and their imagination, they can make an amazing book.

Here are some examples of sentence starters that I used for my first grade memory book:

My favorite color is ____________.

My favorite math activity is ___________.

My favorite book that I can read is ______________.

I like to _________________________________.

Theses are just several examples of sentence starters.

You can also choose many other themes and create a variety of books.  In years past, I have helped students create books to summarize science and social studies units.

Here are some of the other supplies that you may need for creating a beautiful book.

• crayons
• markers
• colored pencils
• stickers
• stencils

Let the creativity begin and help students make a memorable book that will help create a keepsake book that will be read for years to come.

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Teacher School Supplies and Birthday Parties

Teacher school supplies can add a little magic to almost any birthday party. You can use teacher school supplies like seasonal decorations to create a fun, themed party environment and fun arts and crafts supplies for a project or party favor.  My daughters and I recently attended a fantastic summer birthday party.  Along with swimming pools, slides, and yummy summer treats, the hostess decorated all of the tables with sunshine banners and stickers.  For the group activity, she provided teacher school supplies like paints, stamps, craft sticks and stencils for the kids to use to decorate a t-shirt.  Online teaching supply stores offer many great discounts on supplies to use for birthday parties and activities.

Many parents want to incorporate fun, meaningful experiences to help celebrate their child’s special day.  Why not have a party at your house or in your back yard.  You will not only be saving money on renting a facility, but you will have more freedom to plan special activities without time constraints.  It is great to take advantage of any seasonal decorations that you can find around the time of your child’s birthday.  My girls both have birthdays at the end of October, so I try to incorporate Halloween and Harvest time themes into their parties.  Last year I ordered canvass bags and paint so the kids could decorate a trick-or-treating bag.

In addition to nice party activities, I also strive to provide useful party favors.  Along with the trick-or-treat bag, I gave each child a set of flash cards.  I felt that the cards would be great for kids to practice identifying their letters and numbers.  Families could use the cards to play games and other activities.

These are just several examples of ways that you can use teacher school supplies to add fun to any birthday party.  Have fun planning your next party!